Cyrus hay



C'YRUS HAY,Y0F STONEHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

I Leners Patent N. 82,946, dazed october 13,1868;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pax-t of the same.

To all whom it concern:

have invented certain new'and useful-"Improvements in B oot and Shoe-hair Bottomingsj and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

lTo enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its nature, construction, and object.

The nature of my invention consists in a device for protecting the exposed surfaces of any material which is used for forming the' sole of a boot or shoe, by a covering of some proper texture, for the' purpose of enhancing the appearance and durability of thesole.

Dra/wings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of my soles.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Figure 3 is a cross-section, in which the covering is represented as simply enclosing the edges and a narrow strip of the sides. j

.My improvement is especially adapted formiddle soles.

The part A, forming the body, may be made of rubber, leather, or any other suitable material or materials. The binding or covering-texture, B B,/may encase the whole, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, or may be used simply to bind the edges,v as represented by B BT,

3.. The object of my invention is to cover and protect the exposed edges of the sole when, from any reason, the material of which the said sole is composed would be of itself unfit for exposure, or incapable of receiving the proper iiuish."V

I am aware that articles commonly called cork-soles, made of thin strips of cork, or some similar material, and enclosed in clot-h or thin leather, are in common use as a lining to be put Within the shoe for additional warmth, or to protect the feet from the roughness of the interior of the shoe; but this really forms no part whatever ofthe shoe proper, while my invention forms an integral part of the shoe, and as such only Lwish to claim it. i

Having thus described my invention, I will now proceed to'set forth my claim.

What I claim as my inventiomand desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

A shoe`bottoming, made ysubstantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. ,l

, CYRUS HAY.

Witnesses:

' FRANK Gf.Y PARKER,

A. HUN BERRY. 

